Blog: Policy Shop

Higher Education Economy & Opportunity Michael Petrilli, Executive VP of the conservative Fordham Institute, has a much-discussed piece in Slate today about whether or not “college,” such as it is, is really for everyone. read more

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It’s no secret that the cost of living varies widely across different parts of the United States, and that it can be much tougher to make ends meet on a low wage job in Manhattan, New York than in Manhattan, Kansas. So here’s an obvious idea: Let’s improve the Earned Income Tax Credit so that […]

Salon | Josh Eidelson Sometime in the next three months – perhaps as early as next week – the Supreme Court will issue its next big campaign finance decision, a ruling that reformers worry will further open floodgates of one-percenter campaign cash. The case, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, concerns a challenge by the RNC […]

March 18, 2014 Sponsor(s): New York Law School RSVP Link: RSVP Keynote Address by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Followed by a special panel discussion featuring: (panel in formation) Chad Johnson, Chief of NY Investor Protection Bureau Joseph Saluzzi, Partner and Co-Founder, Themis Trading Wallace C. Turbeville, Senior Fellow, Demos; member of the […]

Was it inferior black culture that had blacks at 55 percent poverty in 1959?

One Baton Rouge case illustrates the state’s history of discrimination against black voters

In Ohio, reforms to restrict voting move forward.

But Congress still needs to act.

How to ensure Obama’s minimum wage order is enforced